Improvement in snap-hooks



marked' thereon.

WILLIItIvI` I IQBO'USER, 0F PARIS, "ILLINOIS,

vvLeimhan No. 79,944, dated Juzg/,14, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT In sILlIr-Hools.- V

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TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONCERN:

Be it known. that- I, WILLIAM 1H. BoUsER,Iof`Paris, in the county of Edganand State ot:V Illinois, have Invented a'. new` and valuableImprovement in SnapLI-Iooks for harness; and Ido herebydeclare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and' exact ldescription of the constructionand operation of the saine, reference being had td the annexed drawings,malfingk a part of' this specification, and to the letters andfiguresofv-reference The nature of my invention consists in constructinga snap-hook, with a. leather shield to protectthe springLadalso makinga'thumb-piece in said shield,'to .allow and provide ready-means forbending the spring u pwards'when it is desirable so to.' do. v 4 IFigurel of' the drawings is aplan view of myVsnap-hook, Figure 3 is aninverted plan view, andi l ',Figure'Zis a longitudinal-section thereof.v

Thelet-ter VAis the/hook proper, letter B is 1the spring, letter D-isltlie leather shield, and letter E is the" thumb-piece) f The shieldis constrhcted in the forni shown',` and is attached theanches of thehook proper 'hy rivets or screws va 2z a. g I l.

The thumb-piece E is ct in' the shield D in the manner shown in 3. Itsoiice is to aid `in protecting the spring B, and at the same time toafford ready means of bending said spring Backward. i i v My dev-iceisvalliable, in that it serves as a protection to the springofasnap=hook, and prevents a. great part of that bending A'and breakage socommon-tc such devices.' .It also .possesses the merit oi-featness and'heauty of outline.

artisticallyconstuctedjvwill prove both useful and ornamental.

Wha-tlclaimas my invention, and desirelt'o secure'by Letters Patent, is-I A snap-hook for harness,ha.ving hook A, spring B, shield D, andtliunbepiece E, constructed, combined,

arranged, vand.A bperating sbstantially as specified; I

. It maybe used-fon thesaddlc, back-band, martingale-straps, tugs, andotherparts of `@hai-ness,and when Witnesses:

ARMSTRONG, WyH. HINDs. l

W; II. 'BoUsEIa

